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Sapa

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June 14th 2010
With the people I met at Cat Ba Island - a Canadian couple and a polish guy who works for the EU in Haiti, we took an overnight train to Sapa. Sapa is located high up in the mountains, so the weather up here is much cooler and not humid. It was a pleasant change as we are getting sick of the heat and the humidity. Sapa is surrounded by minority villages, whose people wear colorful outfits and spea ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more